Valve operated pressure control



C. P. DYKEN VALVE OPERATED PRESSURE CONTROL Aug. 3, 1954 Filed April 5 1951 INVENTOR. CHARLES P. DYKEN mzw ATTORNEY,

Patented Aug. 3, 1954 UNITED STATES e TNT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in pressure control and more particularly to a control for hydraulic or pneumatic pressure.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for positively controlling pressure.

Another object of my invention is to provide a means for providing a gradual pressure, a full pressure, or an immediate release of the pressure applied to an actuating means and this is accomplished by manual manipulation or by mechanical control.

It is manifest to any one familiar with the art that in the manipulation of various types of machines, apparatuses or actuating mechanisms it is ofttimes desirable to apply full pressure quick, or to apply a gradual pressure, and this is usually accomplished by valve manipulation or action. With the arrangement shown it is possible to obtain a quick feed, a gradual feed, or a rapid release with but a single operating lever.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent as the description proceeds when taken in conjunction with the drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side, fragmentary, cross sectional view of the assembled device.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the assembled units with the valve arrangement set for quick feed of the pressure.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the assembled units with the valve arrangement set for a gradual feed or" the pressure, and

Figure 4 is a similar view as shown in Figures 2 and 3, with the valve arrangement set for aquick release or exhaust.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views and referring now to the same, the character It indicates the inlet to the assembled unit, for supplying pressure either hydraulically or pneumatically by means of a pump or a compressor to a tubular member H which enters a valve 12 at l3. The valve 12 is operated either mechanically or manually by the lever M which rotates an inner member It provided with a port [6 having an inlet [1 and an outlet l8.

There is an outlet tube 19 leading from the valve l2 and an exhaust tube 2c also leading from the valve [2 to a reservoir (not shown), in the event that the device is used for hydraulic pressure control, or to the outside atmosphere when the device is employed for pneumatic pressure control.

A by-pass tube 2! leads from the tubular member II to a control valve 22 which may be of any conventional design and is shown in the illustration as regulated manually by the screw 23, operated by the hand wheel 24, for adjusting the opening between the ground seat and the cone point or" the screw as shown at 25.

The control valve 22 has a tubular outlet 26 leading to a two-Way valve 2? which is provided with a revolving member 28 and is actuated by means of a lever 29 attached by a link 30, to the lever is on the main valve 12. The revolving member 23 in the valve 27 is provided with a port 3| and a tubular member 32 extends from the valve 21 to a cylinder 33 which encases a piston 34, and this piston is provided with a rod shown as 35 which is employed to actuate the mechanism being operated. The member [9 enters the tubular member 32 at 35.

The entire unit is a self-contained, closed assembly of tubes and valves to supply the liquid or air to a cylinder shown as 33. The manipulation of the handle it on the valve l2 revolves the member l5 in the valve I2 so as to place the port HS in position as shown in Fig. 1, when a quick or rapid travel of the piston 34 within the cylinder 33- is desired. In this manner the valve 21 is closed as shown in Fig. 1, the pressure of the air or liquid entering the assembly It will flow directly through the valve l2 into the cylinder 33 causing the piston 3A to move upward.

When a control of the pressure is desired the lever or handle 54 in the valve i 2 is moved so that it will close the valve 12 as shown in Fig. 2, and open the valve 27, thereby causing the liquid or air entering at H] to flow through the tube 2! to the control valve 22 which is set at a pre-determined point, and through this valve 22 through the tube 26 to the valve 2'! and into the cylinder 33. This will cause the piston 34 to rise upward at a speed determined by the setting of the control valve 22.

In Fig. 4, I show an arrangement in which the lever M is set to open the port It to the tubular member l9 and the exhaust outlet 20, and inasmuch as the valve 27 is in a closed position, the piston 34 will force the air or liquid out of the cylinder 33 through the tubes 32 and I 9, where it will be exhausted out of the valve l2 at 20.

The drawings illustrate the arrangement em ployed when a weight (not shown) is lifted by the piston 34, and when the pressure of the liquid or air in the cylinder 33 is released the piston 34 will force the air or liquid out of the cylinder due to the weight of the piston, which is equivalent to the piston and cylinder arrangement employed for raising the top roller in my rug rolling ma- 3 chine covered by my Patent No. 2,573,188, dated October 13, 1951.

While I have shown a particular arrangement of the component parts constituting my device, I am fully cognizant of the fact that many changes may be made in the direction, size and arrangement of the tubular members without affecting their operativeness, and I reserve the right to make such changes that do not affect the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appenda-nt claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

A pressure control comprising a tubular supply member leading to an individual three-way valve having an inlet port, an outlet port, and an exhaust port, a separate manually controlled pressure regulating valve, both of said valves equipped with operating levers, said pressure regulating valve having its inlet connected by tubular means to said supply member, a separate two-way valve having an inlet port and an outlet port, an operating lever connected. to said two-way valve, tubular means connecting the outlet of said pressure regulating valve to the inlet of said twoway valve, a cylinder, a piston within said cylinder, a tubular member connected to said cylinder and leading to both the outlet ports of said twoway and three-way valves, and a link member attached to the operating lever of said three-way Valve at one end and to the operating lever of the two-way valve at the other end, so as to open said two-way valve when said three-way valve is closed and closing said two-way valve when said three-way valve is open.

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